Heat interacts with medication in several distinct ways: it can physically degrade drugs before you ever take them, and it can change how your body processes and responds to drugs once you do. For older adults who take multiple medications, that interaction can amplify risks in ways that aren't always obvious.

Being the first in your circle to stop driving — to hand over your keys or let your license lapse while everyone around you is still pulling out of driveways and meeting for lunch on their own schedule — this is something most people navigate without a map.

Most people don't find purpose through a revelation. They find it through small, consistent commitments: showing up somewhere regularly, being useful to someone specific, investing in something they care about. Over time, those commitments accumulate into something that looks and feels like a life well-lived.

Looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon this summer? Aster’s Senior Centers are bringing classic Hollywood favorites, heartwarming dramas, musical comedies, and unforgettable adventures to the big screen with our weekly FREE Movie Matinees.

In the heat, breaking down on the side of the highway can quickly turn a mild inconvenience to a major emergency. Heat can cause problems for vehicles, including flat tires and dead batteries.

Living on a fixed income requires a different relationship with money than working years do. The margin for error is smaller. But you're managing a predictable amount coming in and a set of expenses you largely control. That's actually a workable situation. It just takes intention.

There are things you can do to help your parent continue to live well independently, even when you are far away.

Aster Aging, Inc. was awarded a $7,500 grant by the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation to fund the Meals on Wheels Expansion Program initiative. This initiative will provide 1,500 additional hot, nutritious home-delivered meals and wellness checks to vulnerable homebound seniors in Mesa, Arizona.

If you're navigating this chapter of life more independently, an automatic network of trust may not exist for you. The good news: intentional networks can be just as strong as inherited ones. In some ways stronger — because the people in them chose to be there.

Downsizing is one of the most common transitions older adults experience — and one that many are not prepared for. For most people, the harder part isn't figuring out where things go. It's deciding what the things mean, and what to do with everything.

Scammers have always targeted older adults. But in 2026, the threat has reached a level that's genuinely harder to defend against — not because seniors are less savvy, but because the technology criminals are using is sophisticated enough to fool almost anyone.

There's a version of generosity that most of us can actually afford, and it tends to be the one we underestimate most.

A kind word to a stranger, a small donation to a cause you believe in, a few hours volunteered driving seniors to essential appointments — these feel like contained acts. You do them, someone benefits, and life moves on. But research suggests that's not really how generosity works at all.

Researchers have studied the neurological effects of giving for decades, and the findings are surprisingly consistent: acts of generosity activate the same reward pathways in the brain as food, social connection, and other fundamental human pleasures.

Summer in Arizona is demanding, but it is also manageable with preparation, consistency, and attention to the small decisions that affect indoor comfort every day.

Walking is not a consolation prize for people who can't do something harder. It is a complete, genuinely effective form of exercise that holds up remarkably well against more complicated alternatives.

A good meal eaten in good company is one of the simpler pleasures available to a person. It turns out it's also one of the better things you can do for yourself. The table is already set — all it needs is you.

The friendships available to you after 60 are, in a meaningful sense, the most intentional ones you've ever had access to.

Somewhere along the way, learning became something people associate with youth — with school, with careers, with the acquiring of credentials and qualifications. Once those chapters close, the story goes, you draw on what you've already accumulated. You're done filling the tank. Now you run on what's in it.

The table you always sit at. The staff member who knows your order. The friend you only see on Tuesdays, but somehow that's enough. This kind of belonging is simple — and it's worth more than we usually give it credit for.

In the East Valley, one of the most common barriers to aging independently is transportation. This is the gap that volunteers help close through the Neighbors Program at Aster Aging.

Every spring, a familiar hush settles over the East Valley. If you've lived here year-round for a while, you know exactly what this is like — and you know it takes some adjusting.

Arizona's summer storms can arrive fast and hit hard. A little preparation in May can make all the difference when the first wall of dust rolls in.

If you're 55 or older and live in the East Valley, the Senior Companion Program can pay you a tax-free stipend to help older neighbors stay independent at home — and Aster Aging's Neighbors Program is where you can do that work.

This cool, refreshing drink is perfect for June mornings in Arizona before stepping out into the summer heat.